Ceridian HCM (CDAY) Competitors

Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) and Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Is CDAY or TWLO more profitable?

Ceridian HCM has a net margin of 0.28% compared to Twilio's net margin of -24.44%. Ceridian HCM's return on equity of 2.03% beat Twilio's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ceridian HCM	0.28%	2.03%	0.51%
Twilio	-24.44%	-1.66%	-1.39%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CDAY or TWLO?

Ceridian HCM has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Twilio. Twilio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ceridian HCM	$1.45B	6.56	-$73.40M	$0.03	2,031.67
Twilio	$4.15B	2.51	-$1.02B	-$5.54	-10.39

Which has more volatility & risk, CDAY or TWLO?

Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twilio has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDAY or TWLO?

Twilio received 405 more outperform votes than Ceridian HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.25% of users gave Twilio an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Ceridian HCM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ceridian HCM	Outperform Votes 301 57.55%	Underperform Votes 222 42.45%
Twilio	Outperform Votes 706 65.25%	Underperform Votes 376 34.75%

Do analysts rate CDAY or TWLO?

Ceridian HCM presently has a consensus target price of $76.38, indicating a potential upside of 25.32%. Twilio has a consensus target price of $68.90, indicating a potential upside of 19.72%. Given Ceridian HCM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ceridian HCM is more favorable than Twilio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ceridian HCM	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Twilio	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32

Does the media favor CDAY or TWLO?

In the previous week, Twilio had 12 more articles in the media than Ceridian HCM. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Twilio and 1 mentions for Ceridian HCM. Ceridian HCM's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Twilio's score of 0.55 indicating that Ceridian HCM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ceridian HCM	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Twilio	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CDAY or TWLO?

84.3% of Twilio shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Twilio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ceridian HCM beats Twilio on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.